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Cacalia sonchifolia

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Name

Identification
Cacalia sonchifolia L. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen,
Related name
  • Emilia angulata
  • Kleinia angulata
  • Cacalia sonchifolia
  • Cacalia angulata
  • Solanecio angulatus
  • Emilia sonchifolia
Common name
  • Lilac tasselflowers, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for EMILIA sonchifolia DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
EMILIA sonchifolia DC. [family COMPOSITAE], Prodr. vi. p. 302.
Cacalia sonchifolia L. [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 835
EMILIA purpurea Cass. [family COMPOSITAE], Dict. xxxiv. p. 393
EMILIA rigidula DC. [family COMPOSITAE], l.c.
Information
Glabrous or puberulous, somewhat glaucous annual, 6–24 in. high or more, erect or diffuse, more or less branched. Leaves lyrate- or cordate-amplexicaul, more or less toothed, 1–4 in. long, sessile or the lowest ones petiolate, the upper ones auriculate. Capitula cylindrical, about 3/8 in. long, on slender pedicels ranging up to 2 in. long, in a rather lax cyme. Involucral bracts glabrous or puberulous, linear, acute, equalling the purple or orange-purple florets.
Range
A very widely distributed tropical weed, reaching India, America, etc.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Quilimane, Kirk!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Afzelius!

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